Sexual selection under parental choice: Evidence from sixteen historical societies

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 504-518

  Apostolou, Menelaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Historical societies; In law preferences; Mate choice; Parental choice; Sexual selection; Sexual selection under parental choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872407567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000308     Document Type: Article

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